Jacquie Gahagan

Full Professor and Associate Vice-President, Research, Mount Saint Vincent University

Jacqueline (Jacquie) Gahagan, PhD (medical sociology) (they/them) is a Full Professor and AVPR at Mount Saint Vincent University. Dr. Gahagan is the Co-Director of the Atlantic Interdisciplinary Research Network for Social and Behavioural Aspects of HIV and HCV (airn.ca), a former Research Associate with the Jean Monnet European Union Centre of Excellence, the Health Law Institute, the Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute, a Founding Fellow of the MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance, and is an Affiliate Scientist with the Nova Scotia Health Authority.

Dr. Gahagan’s program of mixed methods health promotion research focuses on evaluating policy and programming interventions using sex and gender-based analyses (SGBA+) to address health inequities among marginalized populations including those living with or affected by HIV, HCV or other STBBIs, the scaling-up of access to innovative HIV testing technologies, older LGBTQ2I populations and housing, primary healthcare utilization among LGBTQ2I communities, end-of-life decision-making, and former youth in care. Prior to joining Dalhousie University, Jacquie worked as an evaluation specialist in public health at the municipal, provincial and national levels in relation to harm reduction, HIV/HCV prevention, and tobacco use cessation.

Experience

2021–present

Full Professor & AVPR, Mount Saint Vincent University
2009–2021

Full Professor, Dalhousie University
2004–2009

Associate professor, Dalhousie University
1999–2004

Assistant Professor, Dalhousie University

Education

1999

Wayne State University, PhD (medical sociology)

Publications

2021

Sex- and Gender-Based Analysis in Public Health,

Grants and Contracts

2020

Plasma apheresis

Role:

NPI

Funding Source:

Canadian Blood Services
2019

LGBTQ housing in the time of COVID-19

Role:

NPI

Funding Source:

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
2018

Housing & older LGBTQ populations

Role:

NPI

Funding Source:

SSHRC

Professional Memberships

Canadian Evaluation Society, Credentialed Evaluator

Honours

QEII Diamond Jubilee Medal, Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CANFAR) Leadership Award, QEII Platinum Jubilee Medal, Order of Nova Scotia, Doctor of Laws (honoris causa)

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